Dreamweaver: code view - building links

Working in code view, does Dreamweaver have prefs to have the following behaviour with respect to creating links:
User selects some text in a sentence that will be the anchor for the link.
User selects an html file from the project file list.
User drags the file and drops it on to the text that will form the anchor.
What happens:
The selected' text is replaced by the contents of the title tag in the html file that was dropped onto it.
What the user might expect to happen (because it's the quick and intuitive way to build links but no other editor appears to have this functionality, apart from Homesite):
The selected text becomes the anchor of a link to the file that's just been dropped onto it.
Is there a pref in Dreamweaver that allows me to change this behaviour?
Mark

Is there a pref in Dreamweaver that allows me to change this behaviour?
No, but you can always select the text and use the bull's-eye icon to drag and drop on the filename, an even more intuitive way to make a link.

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